The incidence of seminoma and expression of cell adhesion molecule CD44 in cryptorchid boys and infertile men

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1895-1897

  Hadziselimovic F ^a   Herzog, B ^a   Emmons, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cryptorchism; dysgerminoma; infertility, male; testis

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0343923635     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64896-1     Document Type: Article

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